Oh He Dead released Ugly, a new album, last year, and they have been touring it on the road! The DC soul superstars recently performed live at 9:30 Club, and Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the action!
There’s a phrase everyone knows: guilty by association. It usually has negative connotations. Not in this case. I was asked if I wanted to see Jon Muq. He was going to be playing Rams Head on Stage in Annapolis. I had no idea who Jon Muq was. So I checked out the show. Turns out, he was opening for Valerie June. So my answer to “do you want to see Jon Muq” was an emphatic “F*** YES”!
The fantastic new punk-rock sensations The Linda Lindas recently hit the stage at the famous Black Cat for a sold-out show of great original songs intermixed with outstanding cover songs throughout the evening.
Grace Jones and Janelle Monáe perform live at The Anthem on Thursday, June 5 for World Pride 2025!
You can win a pair of tickets to see these powerhouse performers together with Parklife DC.
Cy Curnin is not your typical frontman. Theatric and expressive, he’s always in motion on the stage with his band The Fixx. In The Fixx’s recent visit to The Barns at Wolf Trap, Cy peered to the stars in a telescope, signed a declaration with a quill pen, and tossed a paper plane and balloon into the audience while he was pouring emotion into the lyrics of songs written by The Fixx from 1982 to 2022.
With his physical emoting, Cy, of course, reminds us that The Fixx is a thinking man’s rock band.
Mike Score recently led his new-look 21st century iteration of A Flock of Seagulls into a show inside of Washington, DC — their first solo headlining gig there in a long time — and they turned the sold-out room at The Atlantis in a a bonafide dance party.
Willie Nile soon releases a new album (he has an album release show planned for New York City in June), and he’s been on the road introducing some of his new songs into his set. He recently performed live at The Collective Encore, in Columbia, Maryland, and Steve Satzberg was there to photograph the show.
Some years ago, Steve Earle — a man who knows goods songs — said that the best writers and artists in Nashville today are all women. One of the people he had in mind may very well have been Ashley Monroe. She’s an ace songwriter whose found her greatest success in writing for other artists, but she’s also made a series of terrific albums. The quality of her writing and singing was on full display when she recently appeared at The Atlantis in a stripped-down set.
English indie rockers The Kooks perform at The Anthem on Wednesday, June 4, in support of their new album, Never/Know! You can win a pair of tickets to see The Kooks on the All Over the World Tour with Parklife DC.
Gruff Rhys is touring the 10th anniversary of American Interior, and he recently dropped by DC9 for a performance on the tour. Nalinee Darmrong was there to photograph the show.
